Manchester United playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan has received an 85 rating in the new Fifa 18 game as EA Sports continue to drip feed players' rankings, The Manchester Evening News reports.

In the build up to the release on September 29, Fifa have revealed the first batch of ratings for the top 100 players to whet gamers' appetite.

The ratings are based on the players' last footballing year and Mkhitaryan is ranked higher than City forward Bernardo Silva, Tottenham playmaker Dele Alli and Real Madrid's Marco Asensio.

Former United striker Radamel Falcao has returned to the top 100 after a prolific campaign with Ligue 1 champions Monaco and one-time United target Raphael Varane is rated the same as Mkhitaryan.

A number of other United players are expected to feature in the top 80. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David de Gea were rated 90 last year while Paul Pogba received 88.